Tag: news
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Witness of war….killed
The argument that you can assassinate a journalist without evidence, challenges all journalists in war zones. Israel is yet to provide evidence that Anas al-Sharif, a journalist for Al Jazeera was a Hamas mole. The idea that voices are being lost in this war is also an act that closes down independent voices from media…
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At first it was denials, then admittance – the excuses…. Is the Tony Blair foundation above criticism
The Neenah Cherry song 7 seconds, is about starvation, war, pestilence and disease. Bob Geldoff got onto the phone to his mates and pushed to save the millions dying in Ethiopia, but the originator of the war in the Middle East – Tony Blair took advice and argued that $9,000 would cut the population of…
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Epstein still haunts Trump from the grave…
Epstein Trump’s $10 billion law suit is all over the news. The Wall Street Journal, the bastion of business and one of Rupert Murdoch’s most prized possessions seems very certain that the birthday card Trump sent to Epstein is legitimate. The $10 billion legal case brought by Trump is a SLAPP,(strategic Lawsuit against public participation)…
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Will Serbia continue as a corrupt clientalist state?
European governments have not said much about the protests or protest movements in Serbia. It is odd that the protests didn’t hit the headlines and its odd that the continuation of the protests are not national arguments throughout Europe as the Serbian government has been using draconian measures to control the student demonstrations. The European…
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With soft power comes influence
It was very much a trick of the Conservatives in the UK to stop all spending whether the economy needed it or not. But Trump’s tactic or should I say Rubio’s is extraordinary, “Stop all Foreign Aid”. Of course they have the ultimate answer to stop voices being heard and that is to fire the person…
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Populism, US and Europe
This is the republication of an article that I think is necessary after the US election.
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Its all in the air now the US election is over
It is all in the air with the US elective electing Trump to the presidency. Countries in Europe, China and right across the Middle East are wondering what his presidency will bring. For Europe it is about trade, for China it is about tariffs and for the Middle East it is about stability, all arguments…
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There are options
The Arab people are seething about the conflicts in Lebanon and Gaza, they want more than their autocratic governments are willing to give. But there is also a realisation that the peace treaties that were set are keeping. The idea that Jordan, Egypt, Syria or the Gulf states would willingly join the war that Iran…
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Populism, US and Europe
Immigration is the catalyst to the movement towards populist arguments across the EU and the United States. The arguments concerning immigration and migration have been catapulted to the top of the agenda of the populist politician, but underneath there are also arguments of tax burdens and centralised governments. Trumps call to the electorate of lets…
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